Journey: Scarf Sisters

Journey is an indie video game developed by Thatgamecompany and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3; it was released on June 06, 2025, via the PlayStation Network. A retail “Collector’s Edition”, includingJourney, Thatgamecompany’s two previous titles, and additional media, was released on June 09, 2025. Journey was released digitally for the PlayStation 4 on August 22, 2025 and a physical edition was released on July 11, 2025. Journey was the free game for PS+ members for the month of September giving many a chance to finally try this captivating game for the first time....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 604 words · Michael Erickson

Kim Kardashian Pays Million Dollar Penalty For Crypto Shilling

Kim Kardashian Pays Million Dollar Penalty For Crypto Shilling Reality star Kim Kardashian has been left with a seven-figure bill and an advertising ban after accepting a ruling on one of her Instagram posts. The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) ruled that the influencer promoted a cryptocurrency on the social media site without disclosing that she had been paid to do so. Kardashian has agreed to pay out $1.26 million in total; $260,000 of this figure includes the payment she is said to have received to promote the cryptocurrency, along with $10,000 of prejudgment interest....

July 12, 2025 · 4 min · 783 words · Leah Dougherty

Mato Anomalies a Turn-Based RPG Set in a Neo-Futuristic Old Shanghai Announced

Newly announced Mato Anomalies sets to release for consoles and PC in Q1 2023. Mato Anomalies a Turn-Based RPG Set in a Neo-Futuristic Old Shanghai Announced Publisher Prime Matter and developer Arrowiz have announced a turn-based mystery RPG set in Old Shanghai but with a neo-futuristic twist. Mato Anomalies is set to come to Playstation 5, Playstation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch and PC inQ1 2023. The game will offer both English and Japanese voiceover, with over 40 hours of gameplay....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · April Cooper

Member Kingdom Hearts?

Member the games you used to play? We member. The basement at the Hardcore Gamer office has a section known as the Crust Room, with an old grey couch and a big old CRT TV. All the classic systems are down there collecting dust, so in an effort to improve the cleanliness of our work space, we dust off these old consoles every so often and put an old game through its paces, just to make sure everything stays in working order....

July 12, 2025 · 7 min · 1442 words · Harold Baker

Modern Battery upgrades the Status Bar battery indicator on notched iPhones

Lots of iPhone users aren’t happy with the fact that you can’t have a numericbatterypercentage in the Status Bar on a notched handset, and you could count me in that camp. As someone to consistently enabled this feature on the older and more traditional iPhones all the time, it felt like culture shock adapting to a user experience without it. Fortunately, a newly released and freejailbreak tweakcalledModern Batteryby iOS developerJax Rothcan help in this department, as it can put a numeric battery percentage indicator directly inside of the native Status Bar battery icon....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Amber Rodriguez DVM

Motion J3400 Rugged Tablet PC: 7.4hrs Battery

Motion J3400 Rugged Tablet PC: 7.4hrs Battery It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new, full-sized slate format Tablet PC, but Motion Computing seldom disappoint. The newMotion J3400 Rugged Tablet PCis, as the name suggests, a rough & tumble capable slate with a 12.1-inch WXGA active touchscreen – with optional View Anywhere outdoor usability – plus 1.2GHz or 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processors, 2GB of RAM and an optional 64GB SSD....

July 12, 2025 · 5 min · 1061 words · Jason Bass

My 7 go-to Android Auto apps I use on every road trip

If you’re anything like me and spend a substantial amount of time in your car, I suspect you frequently use your phone fornavigationand music. With thousands of compatibleAndroid Autoapps out there, including ones that allow you to listen to audiobooks andpodcasts, there are plenty of ways to pass the time on a road trip. Take a look at my pick of the best to use for your next automotive journey....

July 12, 2025 · 7 min · 1319 words · Terry Reynolds

Netflix Drops First Teasers For Its Resident Evil Original Series

Netflix Drops First Teasers For Its Resident Evil Original Series The “Resident Evil” series has been somewhat hit-and-miss throughout its history — particularly when it comes to film — butit’s taking another shotat non-interactive storytelling with a live-action series on Netflix due later this year. The upcoming series does not seem to have a direct connection to theInfinite Darknessanimation that debuted in July 2021, however. “Resident Evil” first released on the original PlayStation back in 1996, performing well enough to spawn a franchise that’s still going strong (despite a few rough patches) more than 25 years later, following and expanding on the story of the Umbrella Corporation pharmaceutical company’s development of biological weapons and the people who are trying to stop it....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Lindsay Smith

Pokémon Go Halloween Mischief 2021: Sizes, Music, Costumes, & Everything you need to know!

Halloween is coming to Pokémon go this year in a big way, so much so that they have separated the Halloween event into two parts, each bringing entirely new or different content to the game. There will be Pokémon debuts, new mechanics, raid bosses, and plenty of other exciting content for us to explore during the two-week event. Some major changes are coming to the game during the event that doesn’t fit in with the lists below....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Rose Thornton

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Starter Evolutions seem to have leaked

With just about a week left before its release, fans around the world are anxious to see what Pokémon will be in store in Scarlet and Violet. The three starters for the Paldea region (Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly) were shown off very early in the game promotion, but their evolutions haven’t been shown in any of the official trailers. Now, it appears as though they might have been leaked. Huge spoiler alert ahead...

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Alexander Jackson

Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller review

Trying to outwit the weather is a fool’s job. How many times have you been caught in the rain when there wasn’t supposed to be a cloud in the sky? It’s probably happened more times than you like to admit. Another problem that you might experience often is wasting water in the morning by watering your lawn only for a big storm to roll through and soak your grass back to the roots....

July 12, 2025 · 7 min · 1360 words · Kevin Brown

Razer Phone 2 review

Razer was first to the pass with its ‘gaming phone’, theunoriginally titled Razer Phone, which launched in 2017. Just shy of one year later and the brilliant brickphone is back for round two. Its name? The even-more-unoriginally titled Razer Phone 2. Yep, the sequel is here with even more power, a brighter screen (it’s still 120Hz fast-refresh, of course), a glass rear and wireless charging, plus Razer Chroma LED logo for a look unlike any other phone on the market....

July 12, 2025 · 8 min · 1702 words · Eric Hubbard

Ryosuke Yoshida, Director of Visions of Mana, Leaves NetEase to Join Square Enix

Ryosuke Yoshida, the director ofVisions of Mana, has leftOuka Studios, theNetEasesubsidiary responsible for the game, to joinSquare Enix. Ryosuke Yoshida: A Capcom Veteran This news comes following reports that, at the end of August—just after the game’s release—Ouka Studios faced layoffs, with speculation suggesting NetEase Games might be considering its closure. Before joining NetEase Games, Ryosuke Yoshida spent 13 years at Capcom, contributing to various action games, includingMonster Hunter Generationsand Sengoku Basara....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Amy Conner